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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Deptford 1958

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]

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LEBANESE APPLES. (continued).
Complications arose from the fact that the maximum limits for lead and
arsenic in-food were only "recommended" figures, generally, but not
necessarily acceptable in any legal proceedings. Fortunately it was
found possible to render these apples safe.
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